Tracy and his group must battle saboteurs and spies in his effort to bring down the Stark gang, a major crime family syndicate led by the vicious and brutal Pa Stark. (Wikipedia)
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Opel, 1938
Opel Admiral
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Type 12 Atlantic, 1938
The Type 12 Atlantic was a futuristic steel monster, although the Type 12 was one of the fastest Franco-Belgian steam engines of its time, it was soon to disappear at the dawn of the electric train industry.
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Jungle Yachts, 1938
Attilio Gatti, an Italian, World War I army officer, author, film-maker and explorer first set out to explore Africa in 1924. By the time he set out for his “final expedition” in 1938 he had already led 9 previous expeditions, one of those resulting in the 1927 film Siliva the Zulu. It was because of these films, plus his adventure writings in magazines like the Saturday Evening Post that he was able to obtain financing to further his travels. Exploits if his 10th expedition were later published in 1945 as South of the Sahara. Continue reading “Jungle Yachts, 1938”
Superman turns 80
1st appearance of Jerry Siegel’s and Joe Shuster’s Superman… smashing a 1937 DeSoto
San Fransisco Mint, 1938
Two Beauties, 1938
Pennsylvania Railroad’s Broadway Limited and Studebaker President
Phantom Corsair, 1938
“City of San Fransisco”, 1938
“CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO” streamliner left Oakland Pier terminal in two sections on January 2, 1938, when the new ultra-modern 17-car train was inaugurated to supplant the original 11-car train which had been in operation since June 14, 1936, for the SP-UP-C&NW between San Francisco and Chicago. Both trains carried capacity loads of holiday travelers. The original streamliner was assigned to other service after this trip. (Wikipedia)
New York Central Mercury, 1938
New York Central System “Mercury”, 1938